ID: 75e07a4d

Sample of Food Items from Gemini Mission

Menus

Food item Day Meal

Sugar cookie cubes 1 B

Chicken and vegetables 2 B

Shrimp cocktail 4 C

Hot cocoa 3 A

To make sure they got the nutrition they needed while in space, the astronauts of NASA’s Gemini missions were given
menus for three meals a day (meals A, B, and C) on a four-day rotating schedule. Looking at the sample of food items
from these menus, a student notes that on day 1, the menu included ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. shrimp cocktail for meal B.

B. hot cocoa for meal C.

C. sugar cookie cubes for meal B.

D. chicken and vegetables for meal A.

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Video Game Availability by Initial Release Years

Initial release years Percentage of games still available

1975–1979 0.89

1980–1984 3.65

1985–1989 15.38

1990–1994 19.33

1995–1999 14.22

In a recent study, researchers found that relatively few video games released over the decades remain available today.
For example, only 14.22 percent of games are still available that were initially released in ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. 2000–2004.

B. 1995–1999.

C. 1970–1974.

D. 1985–1989.
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Amount of Additional Electricity Wind

Turbines Could Generate When
Winds Were Stronger Than Forecast
Electricity (in thousands of MWh)

200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
0

West Midwest
Electric companies that use wind turbines rely on weather forecasts to predict the maximum amount of power, in
megawatt-hours (MWh), they can generate using wind so that they can determine how much they’ll need to generate
from other sources. When winds are stronger than they were forecast to be, however, the predicted maximum amount of
electricity wind turbines could generate will be too low. For example, the graph shows that for the West region, the winds
were ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example?

A. strong enough to generate about 150 thousand more MWh of electricity from wind turbines.

B. so weak that the electricity from wind turbines was about 175 thousand MWh less than predicted.

C. so weak that the electricity from wind turbines was about 150 thousand MWh less than predicted.

D. strong enough to generate about 175 thousand more MWh of electricity from wind turbines.
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Percentage of Bus Shelters with Shade in a County by Areas’ Highest Average Summer Surface Temperature

Highest average surface temperature (Fahrenheit) Percentage of bus stops with shaded shelter

90.2° 15%

97.7° 22%

102.7° 24%

111.2° 28%

125.6° 29%

A student is researching a bus system in a large county where surface temperatures vary by area and are hot in the
summer. The student claims that all areas of the county should have more bus stops with shaded shelter, noting that the
highest percentage of bus stops with shaded shelter for any area is only ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the student’s claim?

A. 50%.

B. 15%.

C. 90%.

D. 29%.
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Results of Footprint Analysis for Two Sets of Theropod Tracks

Estimated footprint length Average stride length Estimated mean speed (meters
Tracks (centimeters) (meters) per second)

La Torre
32.8 5.23 6.5–10.3
6A

La Torre
28.9 5.57 8.8–12.4
6B

The table shows data from paleontologist Angélica Torices and colleagues’ 2021 study of two sets of dinosaur tracks
preserved in a fossilized lake bed in Spain. The tracks, referred to as La Torre 6A and La Torre 6B, were left by two
individual theropods (dinosaurs that walked on two legs). The team’s findings suggest that of the two theropods, the one
that left the La Torre 6B tracks had a higher maximum mean speed, ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the claim?

A. a longer footprint, and a longer average stride.

B. a longer footprint, and a shorter average stride.

C. a shorter footprint, and a longer average stride.

D. a shorter footprint, and a shorter average stride.

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Recordings of Female
Bottlenose Dolphins with Their
Calves

Dolphin ID Recording year

FB07 2012

FB25 1989

FB43 1992

FB79 2018

In a study of bottlenose dolphins, biologist Laela S. Sayigh and a team of researchers analyzed recordings of female
bottlenose dolphins interacting with their calves.

According to the table, in which year was the dolphin with the ID FB43 recorded with her calf?

A. 1999

B. 2012

C. 2020

D. 1992
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Average Temperatures in July in Four Locations in the Navajo Nation

Location Average highest temperature (Fahrenheit) Average lowest temperature (Fahrenheit)

Teec Nos Pos 94° 65°

Cameron 99° 65°

Ramah 83° 50°

Tuba City 83° 50°

The Navajo Nation has the largest land area of any tribal nation in the United States: over 27,000 square miles in the
Southwest. Because this area is so huge and its communities are located at various elevations, the people of the Navajo
Nation can experience different climate conditions depending on where they live. For example, in July, ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. the lowest temperature for both Cameron and Teec Nos Pos was 65°.

B. Tuba City’s average highest temperature was 94°, while Teec Nos Pos’s was 93°.

C. Ramah’s average highest temperature was 83°, while Cameron’s was 99°.

D. the lowest temperature for both Ramah and Tuba City was 50°.
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Total Areas and 2022 Populations of Smallest Arabian

Peninsula Countries

Country Total area (square miles) Population

Kuwait 6,880 4,268,873

Bahrain 304 1,472,233

Qatar 4,471 2,695,122

In terms of area and population, the three smallest Arabian Peninsula countries are Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait.

According to the table, what is the total area of Bahrain?

A. 4,268,873 square miles

B. 4,471 square miles

C. 304 square miles

D. 6,880 square miles

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Copper Production for

Three States, 1889-1909
400
Yearly copper production
(in millions of pounds)

300

200

100

0
1889 1902 1909
Year

Montana
Arizona
Michigan

Copper had been mined in the US for thousands of years, but large-scale commercial mining of copper took off starting
in the late 1800s. This was due to several factors. Technological advancements in the mining industry led to
improvements in the production of copper. This helped the country keep up with the growing number of people wanting
to buy copper starting in the 1890s. At the same time, the growth of the railroad system made the transportation of
copper in large batches much easier. Several states saw rapid growth in the production of this resource, for example:
______

Which choice most effectively uses the data in the graph to complete the example?

A. The rise in copper production in Michigan slowed from 1902 to 1909.

B. Montana and Arizona produced more copper than Michigan did in 1909.

C. Fewer than 100 million pounds of copper were produced in Arizona in 1889.

D. Copper production rose significantly from 1889 to 1909 for Arizona, Michigan, and Montana.
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Comfort Ratings and Temperature-Adjustment Preferences from One

Survey

Participant Comfort rating Preferred temperature adjustment

20 −2 Cooler

1 1 Cooler

21 1 Cooler

Nan Gao and her team conducted multiple surveys to determine participants’ levels of comfort in a room where the
temperature was regulated by a commercial climate control system. Participants filled out surveys several times a day to
indicate their level of comfort on a scale from −3 (very cold) to +3 (very hot), with 0 indicating neutral (neither warm nor
cool), and to indicate how they would prefer the temperature to be adjusted. The table shows three participants’
responses in one of the surveys. According to the table, all three participants wanted the room to be cooler, ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. and they each reported the same level of comfort.

B. even though each participant’s ratings varied throughout the day.

C. but participant 20 reported feeling significantly colder than the other two participants did.

D. but participant 1 reported feeling warmer than the other two participants did.
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Percentage of Participants
Who Mentioned Factors
80
70
60
50
Percent

40
30
20
10
0
Factor

convenience
costs
established behaviors

Researcher Judith Hilton and her team interviewed 55 people about which factors would make them switch from using
single-use plastic containers to reusable containers. The graph shows three of the factors mentioned in the interviews
and the percentage of participants who mentioned them.

According to the graph, about what percentage of participants mentioned costs in the interviews?

A. 10%

B. 95%

C. 25%

D. 50%
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Area of Three Glaciers in the

2016 Swiss Glacier Inventory
50
Area (square km)

40

30

20

10

0
Glacier

Gorner
Fiescher
Unteraar

To monitor changes to glaciers in Switzerland, the government periodically measures them for features like total area of
ice and mean ice thickness, which are then reported in the Swiss Glacier Inventory. These measurements can be used to
compare the glaciers. For example, the Gorner glacier had ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example?

A. a larger area than either the Fiescher glacier or the Unteraar glacier.

B. a smaller area than the Fiescher glacier but a larger area than the Unteraar glacier.

C. a smaller area than either the Fiescher glacier or the Unteraar glacier.

D. a larger area than the Fiescher glacier but a smaller area than the Unteraar glacier.
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Singer Sewing Machine Sales

in Four Countries, 1903–1918
60,000
50,000
Machines sold

40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
03 08 13 18
19 19 19 19
Year

New Zealand
Australia
the Philippines
Turkey

By the early 1900s, the Singer Corporation, a US sewing machine manufacturer founded in 1851, began to see rapidly
increasing sales abroad, particularly in Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. These markets were responsible for
the bulk of Singer’s overseas sales, but demand for the company’s machines in other countries also grew significantly in
the early twentieth century. For instance, sales of their sewing machines in ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example?

A. the Philippines increased dramatically from 1908 to 1918.

B. New Zealand were largely consistent from 1903 to 1918.

C. Australia increased steadily from 1903 to 1918.

D. Turkey declined substantially from 1913 to 1918.

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Average Prices Received by US Growers for Citrus Fruits, 2020–

2021 (dollars per box)

Fruit June 2020 June 2021 July 2020 July 2021

Grapefruits $13.80 $23.72 $16.13 $22.98

Oranges $16.15 $11.09 $15.53 $13.79

Lemons $19.50 $28.94 $21.01 $31.78

An employee of a citrus grower in the United States is analyzing the prices of several varieties of fruit over the course of a
growing season. The employee wishes to know how much a grower could have expected to receive on average for a box
of lemons in July 2021. Consulting the table, the employee finds that this amount is ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. $31.78.

B. $23.72.

C. $22.98.

D. $28.94.
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Attendance and Cost of Hosting for Past Four US World’s Fairs

World’s fairs held in the US Cost (in US dollars) Number of visitors

Century 21 Exposition (1962) $47 million 9.60 million

HemisFair ’68 $156 million 6.40 million

1984 World’s Fair $350 million 7.35 million

Expo ’74 $78 million 5.60 million

Huge international exhibitions known as world’s fairs have been held since 1851, but the United States hasn’t hosted one
since 1984. Architecture expert Mina Chow argues that this is because some people think the events are too expensive
and not popular enough. For example, the 1984 World’s Fair cost $350 million and had only ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?

A. 7.35 million visitors.

B. 9.60 million visitors.

C. 6.40 million visitors.

D. 5.60 million visitors.

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Average Monthly Rainfall in

Select Puerto Rican Cities
from 1981 to 2010
14
Average rainfall (inches)

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
ay ne ly t er
M Ju Ju gus b
Au ptem
Se
Month

Rincón
Isabela
San Sebastián
Ponce

A student is presenting average monthly rainfall totals in various Puerto Rican cities for a science class. During the
presentation, the student notes that in September ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the statement?

A. Rincón’s average rainfall is greater than that of Isabela, San Sebastián, and Ponce.

Rincón and Ponce have an average rainfall of about 5 inches, and Isabela and San Sebastián have an average rainfall
B. of about 10 inches.

Rincón, Ponce, and Isabela each have an average rainfall below 8 inches, but San Sebastián’s average rainfall that
C. month is greater than 8 inches.

D. Rincón has a similar average rainfall to Isabela, and Ponce has a similar average rainfall to San Sebastián.
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Annual Car Production in the United States, 1910–1925

Year Number of cars produced Number of companies producing cars

1910 123,990 320

1915 548,139 224

1920 1,651,625 197

1925 3,185,881 80

A student is using the table as part of a social studies class presentation on the US auto industry in the early twentieth
century. The student notes that, according to the table, from 1910 to 1925 ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. the number of cars produced increased but the number of companies producing cars decreased.

B. both the number of cars produced and the number of companies producing cars remained unchanged.

C. the number of cars produced decreased but the number of companies producing cars remained unchanged.

D. both the number of cars produced and the number of companies producing cars increased.
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Moons of Dwarf Planets

Dwarf planet name Number of moons Name of moons

Haumea 2 Hi‘iaka, Namaka

Ceres 0 N/A

Makemake 1 MK 2

Eris 1 Dysnomia

Pluto 5 Charon, Nix, Kerberos, Styx, Hydra

Like Earth, some dwarf planets in the solar system have exactly one moon. Two examples of such dwarf planets are
______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. Eris and Makemake.

B. Haumea and Eris.

C. Pluto and Haumea.

D. Makemake and Ceres.

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Recreation Visits by Month

to Four US National Parks during
the Peak Season in 2021
1,100
1,000
Number of recreation visits
(in thousands of visitors)

900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
ne ly t
Ju Ju gus
Au
Month

Yellowstone
Zion
Grand Canyon
Rocky Mountain

In 2021, four of the United States national parks that were among the most visited were Grand Canyon National Park,
Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Zion National Park. The graph shows the number of visits
for recreation to each of these parks during the three-month period with the highest number of visitors. A student notes
that among the parks shown in the graph, the park with the highest monthly recreation visits in all three months was
______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the text?

A. Zion National Park.

B. Rocky Mountain National Park.

C. Yellowstone National Park.

D. Grand Canyon National Park.

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Depths at Which Four Deep-Sea Fish Species Live

Species Depth below the ocean surface

Footballfish 200–1,000 meters

Southern stoplight loosejaw 500–2,000 meters

Black seadevil 250–2,000 meters

Bollons’ rattail 300–800 meters

Some oceanic fish species live very deep underwater. Researchers collected data about the depths at which various
species live.

Based on the information in the table, at what depth does the southern stoplight loosejaw live?

A. More than 2,000 meters below the surface

B. 150 to 400 meters below the surface

C. 500 to 2,000 meters below the surface

D. 250 to 500 meters below the surface

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Number of Museum Visits (in Millions) from 2016 to 2019

Museum 2016 2017 2018 2019

National Museum of the American Indian 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.96

National Museum of African American History and Culture 0.73 2.4 1.9 2.0

A student is researching the number of visits each year to two museums, the National Museum of the American Indian
and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Of the four years included in the table, the year when
both museums had the highest number of visits was ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. 2016.

B. 2018.

C. 2019.

D. 2017.
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Investigative Articles
Published in the Albuquerque Journal
from 2010 to 2019
1,750
1,500
Number of articles

1,250
1,000
750
500
250
0
010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Total

Investigative journalists research and report about fraud, corruption, public hazards, and more. The graph shows the
number of investigative articles published in the Albuquerque Journal newspaper from 2010 to 2019. According to an
analyst, although the number of investigative articles published in this newspaper has varied significantly over the period
shown, the number overall has fallen since 2010.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to justify the underlined claim?

A. The newspaper published approximately 1,000 investigative articles in 2010 and approximately 500 in 2019.

The smallest annual number of investigative articles published in the newspaper during the period shown is
B. approximately 1,600 in 2013.

The greatest annual number of investigative articles published in the newspaper during the period shown is
C. approximately 1,000 in 2017.

D. The newspaper published approximately 1,000 investigative articles in 2010 and approximately 1,600 in 2013.
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Housing Starts in the US,

January–April 2022 (in
thousands)

Month Housing starts

January 1,669

February 1,771

March 1,713

April 1,803

When construction of a single-family house begins, it is called a housing start. In the first four months of 2022, the
highest number of housing starts in the United States was in ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. April.

B. March.

C. January.

D. February.
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Maximum Height of Maple Trees When Fully Grown

Tree type Maximum height (feet) Native to North America

Sugar maple 75 yes

Silver maple 70 yes

Red maple 60 yes

Japanese maple 25 no

Norway maple 50 no

For a school project, a forestry student needs to recommend a maple tree that is native to North America and won’t grow
more than 60 feet in height. Based on the characteristics of five common maple trees, she has decided to select a ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the text?

A. silver maple.

B. sugar maple.

C. red maple.

D. Norway maple.
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Number of Young Fish Collected at

Mangrove Sites in the Egyptian Red Sea
During Three Seasons of 2010
Number of individual young fish

40

30

20

10

0
er ing ll
int r Fa
W Sp
Season

Common silver-biddy
Red Sea goatfish
Milkfish

Mangroves are trees or bushes that grow on the coastlines of seas and rivers. Areas with mangroves are great places for
young fish since they help keep these fish fed and protected while they grow. To study the importance of mangroves to
young fish, researchers Mohamed A.Abu El-Regal and Nesreen K. Ibrahim collected and identified young fish from three
different mangrove sites in the Egyptian Red Sea. They collected fish in the winter, spring, and autumn of 2010, collecting
a total of 269 fish from 21 different species. For some species, more fish were collected in the winter than the other two
seasons, for instance: ______

Which choice most effectively uses the data in the graph to complete the example?

A. more common silver-biddy and milkfish were collected in the winter than in either of the other two seasons.

B. the common silver-biddy was collected more frequently than the other two species in all three seasons.

C. in the spring, researchers collected more Red Sea goldfish than they collected from the other two species.

D. in the fall, researchers collected 10 common silver-biddy but collected no milkfish or Red Sea goatfish.
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Deformation Rate of Five Volcanoes

3.5
(centimeters per month)

3.0
Deformation rate

2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
edo aule dina aya egra
Al
c M nan Pac N
r ra
Fe er
Si

volcano

When magma moves underneath a volcano, it causes the surface of the volcano to change. This is known as
deformation. Researchers recently calculated the amount of deformation occurring each month for five volcanoes in
Latin America. Although Sierra Negra experienced a lot of deformation, its deformation rate was still lower than that of
______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the statement?

A. Alcedo.

B. Pacaya.

C. Fernandina.

D. Maule.
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US States with the Greatest Number of

Organic Farms in 2016
2,800
2,600
Number of organic farms

2,400
2,200
2,000
1,800
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
nia nsin York ani Iow gton
a a
or v
alif isco ew syl s hin
C W N enn W
a
P

State
Organic farming is a method of growing food that tries to reduce environmental harm by using natural forms of pest
control and avoiding fertilizers made with synthetic materials. Organic farms are still a small fraction of the total farms in
the United States, but they have been becoming more popular. According to the US Department of Agriculture, in 2016
California had between 2,600 and 2,800 organic farms and ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the text?

A. Washington had between 600 and 800 organic farms.

B. New York had fewer than 800 organic farms.

C. Wisconsin and Iowa each had between 1,200 and 1,400 organic farms.

D. Pennsylvania had more than 1,200 organic farms.

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Top Four Species of Wild Land

Mammals by Global Biomass

3.0
Global biomass (millions

2.5
of metric tons)

2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
t o r r
h an aro boa dee
elep kang ild iled
h w a
bus r ay i te-t
can
e rng w h
ri st
Af ea

species
Global biomass is the total mass of living material, such as animals and plants, on Earth. A team of scientists estimated
the global biomass, by species, of various wild land mammals. The team found that the species with the highest global
biomass is the ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the sentence?

A. wild boar.

B. eastern gray kangaroo.

C. African bush elephant.

D. white-tailed deer.
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Effect of Paywall Introduction on Newspaper Companies’ Revenues

Newspaper Total revenue change ($ in thousands) Percentage change (%) Newspaper size

Los Angeles Times 93,966 12.5 large

The New York Times 235,788 20 large

The Denver Post −3,765 −1 small

Sun Sentinel −24,899 −11.9 small

Chicago Tribune 94,492 19 large

Digital paywalls restrict access to online content to those with a paid subscription. In an investigation of the effect of
paywalls on newspaper company revenues for print and digital subscriptions and advertising, Doug J. Chung and
colleagues compared actual outcomes (with a paywall) to control estimates (without a paywall). The researchers
concluded that introducing a paywall is generally more beneficial for larger newspapers, which have high circulation and
tend to offer a substantial amount of unique online content.

Which choice best describes data from the table that support Chung and colleagues’ conclusion?

The Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times had similar total revenue changes, but the Los Angeles Times had a
A. smaller percentage change.

B. The Los Angeles Times had a 12.5% revenue change, while the Chicago Tribune had a 19% revenue change.

C. The New York Times had a 20% revenue change, while the Denver Post had a −1% revenue change.

The Denver Post had only a −1% revenue change, which was the smallest percentage change of the selected
D. companies.
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Daily Distance Traveled by Adult Mountain Lions in Three Seasons

Season Kilometers per day traveled by adult females Kilometers per day traveled by adult males

cold-dry 9.28 15.81

monsoon 12.64 18.93

hot-dry 12.48 18.87

Wildlife researcher Dana L. Karelus and her colleagues tracked the movements of female and male adult mountain lions
over three seasons: the cold-dry season, the hot-dry season, and the monsoon season. They found that the least amount
of travel per day occurred in ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. the cold-dry season for both females and males.

B. the cold-dry season for females and the hot-dry season for males.

C. the hot-dry season for females and the monsoon season for males.

D. the monsoon season for both females and males.

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Percent of Residents of City Areas in Favor of Adding More Bike Paths

City Area Percent of area’s residents in favor of adding more bike paths

North East 12%

North Central 26%

North West 46%

South West 88%

South Central 33%

A city’s Parks and Recreation department is interested in providing residents with more opportunities for bicycling in their
neighborhoods. They’re considering adding more bike paths and conducted a survey to understand where demand for
more bike paths is highest. The survey indicated the highest level of demand, with 88 percent of the residents interested
in adding more bike paths, is in the city’s ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

A. South West area.

B. South Central area.

C. North East area.

D. North Central area.

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Guilds in French Cities in the Late Eighteenth Century

City Date Inhabitants Number of guilds Inhabitants per guild

Paris 1766 600,000 133 4,511

Bordeaux 1762 80,000 49 1,633

Rouen 1775 74,000 112 661

Lyon 1789 143,000 72 1,986

Guilds—local associations of artisans and merchants in the same industry—were widespread in France from the
medieval period until the late eighteenth century. But guilds were much more numerous relative to the population in some
cities than in others: for example, ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

there were 49 guilds in Bordeaux but 72 guilds in Lyon despite the two cities having nearly equal numbers of
A. inhabitants.

B. Lyon had far fewer inhabitants than Paris did but had many more guilds.

C. there was one guild for every 661 inhabitants in Rouen but one guild for every 4,511 inhabitants in Paris.

D. Paris had 133 guilds and 600,000 inhabitants, or one guild for every 4,511 inhabitants.
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Test Results for Two New

Battery Recycling Processes
80
Lithium recovered (%)

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Type A Type B
Lithium-ion battery type

recycling process 1
recycling process 2

A team of scientists wants to improve the recycling of two of the most common types of lithium-ion batteries used in
electronic devices. The team tested two new processes that involve grinding battery materials and aluminum foil
together. The highest percentage of lithium recovered in the tests was closest to ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the statement?

A. 75%.

B. 10%.

C. 45%.

D. 20%.
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Total Science Research Submissions

by Topic, 2016–2019
350
Number of submissions

300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2016 2017 2018 2019
Year

cellular and molecular biology

physics and space science
medicine and health
animal science

A student is researching the trends in the topics submitted to a national science fair for high school students. The graph
shows the number of submissions by topic that were made each year. Based on the data in the graph, the student claims
that there were more medicine and health research topics submitted in 2019 than in any other year.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to support the underlined claim?

In 2016, the number of cellular and molecular biology topic submissions was the same as the number of animal
A. science topic submissions.

In 2019, there were more physics and space science topic submissions than there were medicine and health topic
B. submissions.

C. The lowest number of animal science topic submissions in a year was approximately 95 in 2016.

The highest number of medicine and health topic submissions during the period shown is approximately 285 in
D. 2019.
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Estimated Impacts of Invasive Predator Species on Threatened Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles

Invasive predator Estimated impact on Estimated impact on Estimated impact on

species threatened birds threatened mammals threatened reptiles

Mongooses 0.66 0.75 0.44

Dogs 0.67 0.57 0.44

Cats 0.74 0.61 0.52

How harmful are invasive predators to threatened species? To find out, researchers assigned values from 0.25 to 1.00 to
various harms caused by invasive predators. The researchers then used these values to estimate the extent to which
several invasive predator species have harmfully impacted threatened birds, mammals, and reptiles. In the table, higher
numbers represent greater impacts. The estimated impact of invasive mongooses on threatened mammals is ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?

A. 0.35.

B. 0.61.

C. 0.75.

D. 0.52.
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Number and Origin of Clamshell Tools Found at Different Depths below the Surface in Neanderthal Cave

Depth of tools found below Clamshells that Neanderthals Clamshells that Neanderthals
surface in cave (meters) collected from the beach harvested from the seafloor

2–3 7 0

3–4 99 33

4–5 2 0

5–6 18 7

6–7 1 0

Two kinds of clamshell tools used by Neanderthals were dug up in a cave on the western coast of Italy. Archaeologist
Paola Villa and her colleagues studied the tools and determined that Neanderthals either collected clams that had
washed onto the beach or harvested clams from the seafloor and then sharpened the shells to make tools. The highest
number of tools made from clamshells that were collected from the beach was found at a depth of ______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the text?

A. 5–6 meters below the surface.

B. 4–5 meters below the surface.

C. 3–4 meters below the surface.

D. 6–7 meters below the surface.

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Time Participants Spent Reading about Five London Museums

Percentage of total time spent Percentage of total time spent reading

Museum reading about museum by about museum by participants not
Name Ranking participants provided with ranking provided with ranking

British
1 36 18
Museum

National
2 21 20
Gallery

Tate Modern 4 16 17

Victoria and
Albert 5 14 23
Museum

Natural
History 3 13 22
Museum

Researchers recently conducted an experiment to understand how we use rankings to make decisions. They created a
fictitious travel website describing five museums in London. Then, they invited two groups of participants, who had never
visited the museums, to review the site and select the museum they would be most likely to visit. Meanwhile, the
researchers tracked the amount of time each participant spent reading about each museum. For one group, the website
ranked each museum, titling the page “The Top 5 Museums in London.” For the other group, the museums and their
descriptions were not ranked. The researchers concluded that when reviewing ranked lists, we tend to focus on the top-
ranked option.

Which choice best describes data in the table that support the researchers’ conclusion?

Participants who were not provided with a ranking of the museums spent roughly equal amounts of time reading
A. about each museum.

Participants who were provided with a ranking of the museums spent disproportionately more time reading about the
B. British museum.

Participants who were provided with a ranking of the museums spent the least amount of time reading about the
C. Natural History Museum.

Participants who were not provided with a ranking of the museums spent the most time reading about the Victoria
D. and Albert Museum.